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WHY LITTLE MISFIT?   I am writing the series of Life Lessons and Tales of Little MisFIt for children and young adults to have a role model who finds that it's okay to not always fit in and who learns to use humor to build her self-confidence and be successful in life.  The books are meant to be read and shared with key adults in their life in order to have a dialogue about and share their life experiences and lessons with their children, grand children, and students or other important adults serving as coaches, counselors or mentors.   This will be a series of 7-10 books about Little MisFit learning a new lesson through humorous tales as she reaches adulthood.  In book 1, LMF is 3 1/2 to 9 as she learns the lesson, Life Isn't Always What It Seems.  In book 2, LMF is 10 as she learned the lesson, Life Isn't Always Fair.  Book 3 is in process. 

As an educator, coach, counselor and probation office, I saw how children who grew up with adult mentors who shared their life lessons helped children become more confident,  over-come bullying and be comfortable with who they are.  Little MisFit (LMF) demonstrates how using humorous tales can be a fantastic and fun media for engaging kids and young adults in conversations about life lessons without preaching to them.  The books get kids to put down their I-Phones, I Pads and computers and interact and ask questions of adults who read to them or with them.  Kids become interested in knowing what their parents, grandparents and teachers did when they grew up and were faced with similar situations.  Finally, sharing the tales allows for some great face time and laugh-out-loud times together.